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The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination image to explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • Vivina Carreira
  • M. Rosario González-Rodríguez
  • M. Carmen Díaz-Fernández

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This paper falls within the scope of heritage tourism studies, focusing particularly on one UNESCO World Heritage Site. It seeks to contribute to tourism literature by achieving a better understanding of which cognitive and affective factors are behind tourists’ decisions to travel to these sites, their experiences during their visit and behavioural intention after the visit. A self-administered questionnaire focusing on the variables included in the proposed research model was given to tourists. A composite-based structural equation modelling approach was employed for the analysis. The findings revealed a significant and high correlation between travel attitude and perceived authenticity, travel motivations and destination image, and authenticity and destination image, but it goes beyond those relations by analyzing them in an integrated manner and at different stages of the visit to comprehend tourist behavioural intention after the visit. Besides the theoretical advancements with this study, the practical and managerial implications must be emphasized particularly for entities responsible for destination marketing that may be able to use the outcome of our research to work on proper promotion strategies.

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  • Vivina Carreira & M. Rosario González-Rodríguez & M. Carmen Díaz-Fernández, 2022. "The relevance of motivation, authenticity and destination image to explain future behavioural intention in a UNESCO World Heritage Site," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 650-673, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:25:y:2022:i:4:p:650-673
    DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2021.1905617
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    1. Jiachen Li & Mengru Xie & Mengfei Yu & Young-joo Ahn, 2024. "Understanding Tourists’ Social Networking Site (SNS) Intention with Regards to World Heritage Sites: The Role of Motivation and Overall Image," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-15, April.
    2. Alper Bozkurt & Ferhat Şeker, 2023. "Harmonizing Heritage and Artificial Neural Networks: The Role of Sustainable Tourism in UNESCO World Heritage Sites," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-17, August.

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